Package Search
Package searches can be performed by issuing HTTP GET requests of the form
/rpc/?v=5&type=search&by=field&arg=keywords
where keywords is the
search argument and field is one of the following values:
-
name
(search by package name only) -
name-desc
(search by package name and description) -
maintainer
(search by package maintainer) -
depends
(search for packages that depend on keywords) -
makedepends
(search for packages that makedepend on keywords) -
optdepends
(search for packages that optdepend on keywords) -
checkdepends
(search for packages that checkdepend on keywords)
The by parameter can be skipped and defaults to name-desc
.
If a maintainer search is performed and the search argument is left empty, a list of orphan packages is returned.
Package Details
Package information can be obtained by issuing HTTP GET requests of the form
/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=pkg1&arg[]=pkg2&…
where pkg1, pkg2, …
are the names of packages to retrieve package details for.
Examples
-
search
-
/rpc/?v=5&type=search&arg=foobar
-
search
by maintainer -
/rpc/?v=5&type=search&by=maintainer&arg=john
-
search
packages that have boost asmakedepends
-
/rpc/?v=5&type=search&by=makedepends&arg=boost
-
search
with callback -
/rpc/?v=5&type=search&arg=foobar&callback=jsonp1192244621103
-
info
-
/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=foobar
-
info
with multiple packages -
/rpc/?v=5&type=info&arg[]=foo&arg[]=bar